In my experience even if you come at people in the way you described they still just don’t get it. They really believe they are better off now under capitalism or they don’t want to give up their privileges or they don’t want to think about politics or they find that socialist policies are just “too radical and scary”. I’m mainly venting but people can be so dense it’s incredibly frustrating.
You can’t just tell them that that capitalism is bad. They have to come to that conclusion themselves, wink wink nudge nudge. Ask them if they know how capitalism works, and if they can’t answer try to get them to think about where profit comes from. Most people’s understanding is that just Capitalism has rich people in the minority, and that’s it, no value of labor, no means of production. Keep the conversation in the means of capitalism, sure capitalism has innovated but how come it has come to a standstill. Maybe bring up why the PRC grew so fast, they can’t deny that while it’s in their lifetime. You just gotta to be patient and empathize with what part of capitalism they are struggling with. Or maybe try to find people who are honestly trying to learn and start there.
I know it can get frustrating, but it is not impossible, we have to be patient, and more than anything we cannot antagonize and talk down to them, as tempting as it may be when constantly having to go over the same arguments over and over. Radicalization takes time, several months to several years depending on the person.
Never forget, when the first congress of the CPC was held in 1921, the entire party consisted of only 57 members, out of which some didn’t even show up.
Now that very same party has almost 100 million members. And leads the worlds fastest growing superpower.
We must persevere, revolutionary optimism is crucial.
In my experience even if you come at people in the way you described they still just don’t get it. They really believe they are better off now under capitalism or they don’t want to give up their privileges or they don’t want to think about politics or they find that socialist policies are just “too radical and scary”. I’m mainly venting but people can be so dense it’s incredibly frustrating.
You can’t just tell them that that capitalism is bad. They have to come to that conclusion themselves, wink wink nudge nudge. Ask them if they know how capitalism works, and if they can’t answer try to get them to think about where profit comes from. Most people’s understanding is that just Capitalism has rich people in the minority, and that’s it, no value of labor, no means of production. Keep the conversation in the means of capitalism, sure capitalism has innovated but how come it has come to a standstill. Maybe bring up why the PRC grew so fast, they can’t deny that while it’s in their lifetime. You just gotta to be patient and empathize with what part of capitalism they are struggling with. Or maybe try to find people who are honestly trying to learn and start there.
I know it can get frustrating, but it is not impossible, we have to be patient, and more than anything we cannot antagonize and talk down to them, as tempting as it may be when constantly having to go over the same arguments over and over. Radicalization takes time, several months to several years depending on the person.
Never forget, when the first congress of the CPC was held in 1921, the entire party consisted of only 57 members, out of which some didn’t even show up. Now that very same party has almost 100 million members. And leads the worlds fastest growing superpower. We must persevere, revolutionary optimism is crucial.
this.
I feel it